Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez

Fritz Diez was a German actor, producer, director and theater manager. Grew up in a poor family, started earning a living as a boy. He was a newspaper salesman, moonlighted on tennis courts, then learned to be an electrician. Graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Meiningen. Upon graduation, he was an actor in provincial theaters in Eisenach, Hanau, Flensburg, Eger, Baden-Baden. Fritz Dietz adhered to leftist views, so he emigrated with his wife to Switzerland in 1935. Played in theaters in Switzerland. In 1946 he returned to Germany. He worked as a general manager, actor and theater director in Dresden. Since the early 1960s at the Volksbühne Theater in Berlin. In the cinema since 1952 - "Shadow over the Islands" (Arne Roge, 1952). In 1955, for the first time, he played the role of Adolf Hitler in the famous film "Ernst Thalmann - the leader of his class". In 1967, he played the role of Hitler in two films of the DEFA studio at once. Soviet film director Yuri Ozerov invited Fritz Dietz to play the role of Hitler in the film epic "Liberation", but the actor was tired of portraying this image both in theater and in cinema, he was afraid of becoming a hostage to one role, and refused. Only under the influence of Erich Honecker, Fritz Dietz was forced to give his final consent to the performance of the role so hated by him. Fritz Dietz - the best performer of the role of Hitler of the XX century. An accurate psychological characterization of the character, an inflated and, at the same time, realistic drawing of the character of the Nazi leader - those features of Fritz Dietz's game that allowed him to play Hitler convincingly and non-cartoonically in the film epic "Liberation" (1968-1970). He played Hitler in the television series "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1973), "Soldiers of Freedom" (1977) and other films. In 1980 Dietz's last film "Gluck im Hinterhaus" was released, in which he played the father of Karl Jägr.

  • Title: Fritz Diez
  • Popularity: 1.574
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1901-02-28
  • Place of Birth: Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany
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  • Also Known As: Fritz Dietz, Фриц Диц
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Fritz Diez Movies

  • 1960
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    Five Cartridges

    Five Cartridges

    7.6 1960 HD

    It is the year 1936 and the Spanish Civil War is raging. When the German commander of an international brigade is badly wounded he gives his five...

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  • 1962
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    Die Nacht an der Autobahn

    Die Nacht an der Autobahn

    1 1962 HD

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  • 1973
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    Der wunderbare Schatz

    Der wunderbare Schatz

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1967
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    Marketa Lazarová

    Marketa Lazarová

    7.9 1967 HD

    Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of...

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  • 1974
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    Neues aus der Florentiner 73

    Neues aus der Florentiner 73

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1963
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    Der Teufelstaler

    Der Teufelstaler

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1970
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    Liberation: The Fire Bulge

    Liberation: The Fire Bulge

    7.7 1970 HD

    The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War...

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  • 1968
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    I, Justice

    I, Justice

    5.8 1968 HD

    At the year 1946, the time of the Nuremberg Process. One of the main actors of the Second World War, who reportedly committed suicide, Adolf Hitler...

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  • 1995
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    The Great Commander Georgy Zhukov

    The Great Commander Georgy Zhukov

    1 1995 HD

    Biopic about Marshal Georgi Zhukov. Documentary footage from WWII and dramatization played by Russian and German actors.

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  • 1970
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    Tscheljuskin

    Tscheljuskin

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Liberation: The Break Through

    Liberation: The Break Through

    7.4 1970 HD

    A grandiose military film epic, which does not know analogues in world cinema: the history of the Great Patriotic War from the Battle of the Kursk...

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  • 1970
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    Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

    Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

    6.1 1970 HD

    This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five...

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  • 1959
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    Im Sonderauftrag

    Im Sonderauftrag

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1977
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    Soldiers of Freedom

    Soldiers of Freedom

    1 1977 HD

    A World War II historical drama and the sequel to the 1970-71's film series Liberation. The film reflects the following events of World War II: the...

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  • 1975
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    Choice of Purpose

    Choice of Purpose

    2.7 1975 HD

    A story of the creation of the atomic bomb in America, Germany and the USSR.

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  • 1955
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    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

    6.4 1955 HD

    This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn,...

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  • 1959
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    Musterknaben

    Musterknaben

    6.5 1959 HD

    Two young building workers are more interested in girls than their work; complications ensue at home.

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  • 1967
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    Frozen Flashes

    Frozen Flashes

    9 1967 HD

    In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in...

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  • 1959
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    Ware für Katalonien

    Ware für Katalonien

    5 1959 HD

    At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When...

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  • 1971
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    Liberation: The Last Assault

    Liberation: The Last Assault

    7.8 1971 HD

    In Berlin, Lieutenant Yartsev's infantry and Tzvetaev's battery fight their way in the U-Bahn. Captain Neustroev's company is selected to hoist the...

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  • 1971
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    Liberation: Battle for Berlin

    Liberation: Battle for Berlin

    7.4 1971 HD

    In this the fourth episode, “Battle of Berlin,” the Soviets start their assault on Berlin and Stalin negotiates with the other Allies.

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  • 1972
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    Hooray! We Have a Vacation!

    Hooray! We Have a Vacation!

    8 1972 HD

    A story about the friendship between the children from Soviet Union and East Germany.

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  • 1980
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    Glück im Hinterhaus

    Glück im Hinterhaus

    5 1980 HD

    Karl Erp is a middle-aged man with two children and a boring marriage. After starting an exciting affair with his intern, Miss Broder, he leaves his...

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  • 1956
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    Thomas Müntzer

    Thomas Müntzer

    1 1956 HD

    In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to assume the rectorate. As a follower of...

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  • 1963
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    Carl von Ossietzky

    Carl von Ossietzky

    1 1963 HD

    The film chronicles the last ten years in the life of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938).

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  • 1959
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    The Punch Bowl

    The Punch Bowl

    1 1959 HD

    It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being...

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  • 1959
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    SAS 181 antwortet nicht

    SAS 181 antwortet nicht

    1 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    Zu jeder Stunde

    Zu jeder Stunde

    1 1960 HD

    The soldier Martin has been relocated to a small border village in Thuringia. During a storm, he comes to the rescue of Renate, a farmer′s...

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  • 1966
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    Flucht ins Schweigen

    Flucht ins Schweigen

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1960
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    Die Entscheidung des Dr. Ahrendt

    Die Entscheidung des Dr. Ahrendt

    1 1960 HD

    Film by Frank Vogel.

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  • 1953
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    Jacke wie Hose

    Jacke wie Hose

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    Schatten über den Inseln

    Schatten über den Inseln

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1961
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    Da helfen keine Pillen

    Da helfen keine Pillen

    1 1961 HD

    East German animation movie about an overweight pasha.

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  • 1963
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    Carbide and Sorrel

    Carbide and Sorrel

    6.8 1963 HD

    After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again, Kalle has to...

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  • 1963
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    Ein Mann und sein Schatten

    Ein Mann und sein Schatten

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1973
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    Seventeen Moments of Spring

    Seventeen Moments of Spring

    7.8 1973 HD

    A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate...

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  • 1968
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    Rote Bergsteiger

    Rote Bergsteiger

    6 1968 HD

    Rote Bergsteiger is a German television series.

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  • 1965
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    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

    1 1965 HD

    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.

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  • 1965
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    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

    1 1965 HD

    Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.

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  • 1977
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    Soldiers of Freedom

    Soldiers of Freedom

    4.1 1977 HD

    The action of the epic film takes place in the second half of World War II. The plot focuses on the liberation of European countries from German...

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